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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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